Proverbs 12:13

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

בְּפֶ֣שַׁע שְׂ֭פָתַיִם מוֹקֵ֣שׁ רָ֑ע וַיֵּצֵ֖א מִצָּרָ֣ה צַדִּֽיק׃

Transliteration

bəp̄ešaʿ śəp̄āṯayim môqēš rāʿ wayyēṣēʾ miṣṣārāh ṣaddîq

Grammar Details

• *bəp̄ešaʿ*: preposition + noun, masculine singular construct - in transgression of
• *śəp̄āṯayim*: noun, feminine dual - lips
• *môqēš*: noun, masculine singular construct - snare of
• *rāʿ*: adjective, masculine singular - evil
• *wayyēṣēʾ*: conjunction + verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and escapes/comes out
• *miṣṣārāh*: preposition + noun, feminine singular - from trouble
• *ṣaddîq*: adjective, masculine singular - righteous one

Word Meanings

• *pešaʿ*: transgression/rebellion/sin
• *śəp̄āṯayim*: lips/speech
• *môqēš*: snare/trap
• *rāʿ*: evil/wicked
• *yēṣēʾ*: escapes/comes out/goes forth
• *ṣārāh*: trouble/distress/adversity
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous one/just person

Referenced Verses

• 2 Pet 2:9 : 9 the Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptation, and to keep the unrighteous under punishment unto the day of judgment;
• Prov 21:23 : 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.
• Ps 64:8 : 8 So they shall be made to stumble, their own tongue being against them: All that see them shall wag the head.
• Prov 11:8 : 8 The righteous is delivered out of trouble, And the wicked cometh in his stead.
• Prov 15:2 : 2 The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright; But the mouth of fools poureth out folly.
• Prov 18:6-7 : 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.
• Prov 6:2 : 2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, Thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
• Gen 48:16 : 16 the angel who hath redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
• 2 Sam 4:9 : 9 And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As Jehovah liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
• 1 Kgs 2:23 : 23 Then king Solomon sware by Jehovah, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if Adonijah hath not spoken this word against his own life.
• Ps 5:6 : 6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
• Ps 34:19 : 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous; But Jehovah delivereth him out of them all.
• Eccl 7:18 : 18 It is good that thou shouldest take hold of this; yea, also from that withdraw not thy hand: for he that feareth God shall come forth from them all.
• Matt 27:25 : 25 And all the people answered and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
• Rom 8:35-37 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
• Dan 6:24 : 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men that had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.